Lars Wichstrøm
Background and activities
PI of the Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS) https://www.ntnu.no/tidlig-trygg
Research Interests
Determinants for development and change in
- mental health problems in children and adolescents
- social inclusion and exclusion, peer relations and social competence
- school adjustment and the student-teacher relationship
- self-concept
- social media use and Internet gaming
- understanding and regulation of emotions
- attachment and attachment disorders
- executive functioning
- physical activity
- sleep
- weight and eating
- spouse and parent-child relationships
Ongoing Research Projects
TESS - The Trondheim Early Secure Study https://www.ntnu.no/tidlig-trygg
Mental Health of Adolescents in Residential Youth Care https://www.ntnu.no/rkbu/psykisk-helse-hos-barn-i-barnevern
Young in Norway https://blogg.hioa.no/ung-i-norge
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) The prospective relation between eating behaviors and BMI from middle childhood to adolescence: A 5-wave community study. Preventive Medicine Reports. vol. 27.
- (2022) Reciprocal relations between dimensions of Oppositional defiant problems and callous-unemotional traits. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
- (2022) Longitudinal relations between impaired executive function and symptoms of psychiatric disorders in childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- (2022) Longitudinal relations between gaming, physical activity, and athletic self-esteem. Computers in Human Behavior. vol. 132.
- (2022) Social withdrawal and academic achievement, intertwined over years? Bidirectional effects from primary to upper secondary school. British Journal of Educational Psychology.
- (2022) Parental personality disorder symptoms and children’s social skills: a prospective community study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- (2021) Inhibitory Control Moderates the Effect of Anxiety on Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability: Findings from a Community Sample of Young School-Aged Children. Cognitive Therapy and Research. vol. 45.
- (2021) Predictors of diagnostically defined insomnia in child and adolescent community samples: a literature review. Sleep Medicine. vol. 87.
- (2021) Child and family predictors of insomnia from early childhood to adolescence. Sleep Medicine. vol. 87.
- (2021) Shared genetic architecture underlying sleep and weight in children. Sleep Medicine. vol. 83.
- (2021) Persistent Short Sleep from Childhood to Adolescence: Child, Parent and Peer Predictors. Nature and Science of Sleep. vol. 13.
- (2021) Self-esteem in adolescents with reactive attachment disorder or disinhibited social engagement disorder. International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. vol. 118:105141.
- (2021) Prevalence and course of anxiety disorders and symptoms from preschool to adolescence: a 6-wave community study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- (2020) Predictors of community versus specialty mental health service use: a prospective cohort study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- (2020) Mediating role of depressive symptoms linking insecure attachment and disordered eating in adolescents: A multiwave longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology.
- (2020) Mediating role of depressive symptoms linking insecure attachment and disordered eating in adolescents: A multiwave longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology.
- (2020) Prevalence and stability of insomnia from preschool to early adolescence: a prospective cohort study in Norway. BMJ Paediatrics Open. vol. 4 (1).
- (2020) The co-occurrence between symptoms of internet gaming disorder and psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence: prospective relations or common causes?. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. vol. 61 (8).
- (2020) Depression from preschool to adolescence – five faces of stability. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- (2020) Prevalence and stability of insufficient sleep measured by actigraphy: a prospective community study. Pediatric Research. vol. 88.